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compendium
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n 1: a publication containing a variety of works [syn:
collection, compendium]
2: a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
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idiom
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n 1: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of
a language [syn: parlance, idiom]
2: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific
group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of
English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said
that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn:
dialect, idiom, accent]
3: the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an
imaginative orchestral idiom" [syn: artistic style,
idiom]
4: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom,
idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase,
phrase]
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indium
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n 1: a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small
quantities in sphalerite [syn: indium, In, atomic
number 49]
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odium
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n 1: state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination,
detestation, execration, loathing, odium]
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plasmodium
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n 1: multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some
stages of such organisms as slime molds
2: parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes
malaria in humans [syn: plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax,
malaria parasite]
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podium
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n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
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pseudopodium
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n 1: temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ
of feeding or locomotion [syn: pseudopod, pseudopodium]
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radium
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n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
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rhodium
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n 1: a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum
group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with
platinum [syn: rhodium, Rh, atomic number 45]
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sodium
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n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal
group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially
in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts
violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral
halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number
11]
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vanadium
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n 1: a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel
alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including
carnotite and vanadinite [syn: vanadium, V, atomic
number 23]
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lycopodium
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n 1: type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping
evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations [syn:
Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium]
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basidium
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n 1: a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four
basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to
basidiomycetes
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clostridium
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n 1: spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the
center by an endospore [syn: clostridium, clostridia]
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conidium
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n 1: an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
[syn: conidium, conidiospore]
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cymbidium
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n 1: any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow
leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and
variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively
hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important
florists' flowers [syn: cymbid, cymbidium]
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pyxidium
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n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper
part falls off when the seeds are released [syn:
pyxidium, pyxis]
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antheridium
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n 1: the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces
antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers
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ommatidium
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n 1: any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the
compound eyes of some arthropods
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cypripedium
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n 1: genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids:
lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus
Paphiopedilum [syn: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium]
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endocardium
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n 1: the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms
part of the heart valves
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allodium
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epicedium
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cephalodium
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sympodium
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nephridium
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oidium
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hesperidium
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intermedium
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latifundium
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